Oilers Visit Coyotes with Wild Card Spot on the Line Friday Night

Oilers Visit Coyotes with Wild Card Spot on the Line Friday Night

Coyotes in danger of missing the playoffs

Phoenix is in very real danger of missing the playoffs this season. They have just five games left on their schedule, including tonight’s, and they need to add points to their total right now. After Edmonton, the Coyotes schedule gets much more difficult as they attempt to secure a Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. The Coyotes offense has gone stagnant at the wrong time of the season, so a game against the Oilers is very welcome in Arizona right now. 

Oilers want to keep Coyotes from playoffs

Edmonton would love nothing more than to keep the Coyotes from reaching the playoffs this season. Edmonton has nothing left to play for except ruining other teams’ seasons. With just 61 points on the season, the Oilers are the worst team in the West, but not in the entire league. They can hand that dubious distinction to the Buffalo Sabres in the East. Edmonton still wants to finish the season strong, but will need to drop the Coyotes on the road first. 

With just a couple of games left in the regular-season for the NHL, the Coyotes and the Oilers meet in Phoenix on Friday night at the Jobing.com Arena for a Western Conference contest. The oddsmakers from TopBet.eu have the Coyotes as home chalk by 1.5-points tonight, which is why we will lay the line with Phoenix by betting 15 percent of our bankroll. If Phoenix drops this game, they could very well secure their fate of missing the playoffs.